05-31-2007, 05:30 PM
I decided I was going to hit the lake hard with the sole purpose of catching good sized Tigers yesterday. I have been having a blast with the smaller guys but its time to concentrate and get some trophies!!! Anyway got to the lake around 7am and started fishing. Within the first hour I got 2 smaller Tigers and popped off a 37" tiger. Turned out to be the big fish of the day. Then the fishing really died down. Alot of my normal spots the water was cool and very murky. The tigers had gone deep and almost all I saw where on the bottom in 6 to 10 feet of water. Not a good day to sight fish for them. My first thoughts were since the water had cooled back down to 60 dgrees it pushed them out of the shallows. Then I started to think they may just be going into their summer pattern with the water dropping. But the water was way to cool for them not to still be in the shallows. Either way the fish were acting weird and not as active as they should be with the conditions. I have been getting spoiled latley. I ended the day only catching 6 tigers and it felt like a very slow day on the lake. All fish were caught over deeper water of 10' to 15'. I had to work for every fish and did not even have that many follows after 10am.
On my way home I looked up in the night sky and it became very clear why the fishing was slow throughout the day. There was a big bright nearly full moon in the sky!!!! I am not sure if any others have ever noticed this but a full moon means slow Tiger fishing during the day that follows. I dont know why but I have never had good luck on full moons. A general rule I have always followed for Tiger fishing is dont even bother fishing for them on full moons. I usually go target other species on full moons if I have the fishing bug. My guess is the fishing might be a little slow up there this weekend.
On another note there are tons of perch in the flooded brush and if you like perch find the flooded bushes. I also noticed a whole ton of smallies on there beds. If your a bass guy it might make for some fun fishing. They are in full spawn up there right now.
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On my way home I looked up in the night sky and it became very clear why the fishing was slow throughout the day. There was a big bright nearly full moon in the sky!!!! I am not sure if any others have ever noticed this but a full moon means slow Tiger fishing during the day that follows. I dont know why but I have never had good luck on full moons. A general rule I have always followed for Tiger fishing is dont even bother fishing for them on full moons. I usually go target other species on full moons if I have the fishing bug. My guess is the fishing might be a little slow up there this weekend.
On another note there are tons of perch in the flooded brush and if you like perch find the flooded bushes. I also noticed a whole ton of smallies on there beds. If your a bass guy it might make for some fun fishing. They are in full spawn up there right now.
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